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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

In general I'm not a fan of spiders!!! When it comes to Halloween, those creepy little arachnids are a great way to spook up your card creations. This Spider Web Halloween Card was made using the Stampin' Up! Spider Web embossing folder along with Core'dinations sandable card stock. I really like the way spider web looks after it's sanded. I made this card for the following challenges:

Monday, September 24, 2012

Good afternoon! My morning was filled with laundry and card making, but let me be honest, I spent more time on my card than I did on the laundry. This Fall With Gratitude Card was made for the following challenges:

Hello all! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. This morning is the start of another challenge at Created With Love Challenges. This week the theme is Back to School and our sponsor is DigiDarla Designs. My card was made using the Back To School Word Art digital stamp by DigiDarla and the design came from last weeks Freshly Made Sketch challenge. I utilized my scrap stash to make this Great Job Card and I colored the image with Crayola colored pencils. Using Crayola pencils just seemed the thing to do for a Back to School themed card. I hope you will join us and play along this week. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Sunday, September 23, 2012

LOVE.... the warm colours that Autumn brings! The brown, oranges, and yellows, oh my! To celebrate the first day of Autumn I made a loaf of pumpkin bread last night. The smell in the house was better than any candle. Yum!

Okay, onto the card. This Pear Thank You Card was made for the following challenges:

Friday, September 21, 2012

Hello fellow night owls! I realized late this evening that the Retro Sketches current challenge closes tonight. So, I did a little late night card making. I combined three challenges to get this Elegant Butterfly Birthday Card. Here are the three challenges that inspired this card:

Good afternoon! I took this weeks challenge at CASology and created a WHITE card. I have to say this is a first for me and I'm not sure how I feel about the results. I enhanced this White Season's Greeting Card by using vellum and white glitter paper cut with the Cricut machine. I used the Christmas/Noel Cricut cartridge for the snowflakes and Season's Greetings sentiment. I do think this card is prettier in person. The white sparkle of the glitter paper doesn't really show in the photo.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Wow! What a week!!! It was busy at work and at home. I did manage to find some time to create this Perfectly Preserved Card with some of my new goodies from Stampin' Up! I used the sketch from week #51 from the Freshly Made Sketches blog for the design. I used it a couple of weeks ago (click here), but different papers and different embellishments completely change the look. Well, I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Hello! I hope you are having a wonderful day. This afternoon I was able to snag a little crafting time while I was doing laundry and I came up with this Denim Floral Birthday Card. My inspiration for this card came from the CR84FN color challenge and from all the bling featured on denim fashions these days. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a crafty day!

Monday, September 17, 2012

It's Mojo Monday time again. The sketch for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge is designed by Julee Tilman. I added a little zebra print accent to enter my card in the animal prints Christmas Card Challenge. It took me a little bit to get the idea together for this Merry Christmas Card, but I really like the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Good morning! It's time for another challenge from Created With Love Challenges. This week is a Tic Tac Toe challenge. I think this challenge is fun because it gives you some creative choice, and choice is always good. Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and this Floral Card was made using their Flower Pot digital stamp. I chose the middle row down and used flowers, glitter, and rhinestones. The design is from the Stella Says Sketch challenge from the Catch the Bug Blog. I hope you will play along with us this week. Have a great day!

Friday, September 14, 2012

Happy Friday! Today, I'm feeling thankful for some much needed rain we received. I used that thankful feeling as inspiration for this Fall Thank You Card. I used the colors from the Color Throwdown challenge and used the less is more approach to create the design. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great day!

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Hello everyone! I'm excited today because it's my six month blogiversary for Savvy Handmade Cards. I thought we should celebrate with a fun Halloween card! Halloween will be here before we know it.

This Black Cat Halloween Card was made for the Stella Says Sketch Challenge. The digital stamp is by Bugaboo Stamps and I coloured it with Copic markers and distressed the edges. The patterned paper is by K & Company (KP Halloween, 30-629004) and I used pumpkin pie card stock by Stampin' Up! The spider web was made with white glitter card stock by Core'dinations and punched with Fiskars Webs We Weave punch. Can you see the little black rhinestone eyes on the cat?

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Happy Wednesday! The card I have for you today is what I would consider a quick and easy Christmas card. Some patterned paper, a little heat embossing, a few die cuts, a couple of punches, add a little bling, and a simple Christmas Tree Card is done. I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Are you ready to participate in a birthday theme challenge? This week at Created With Love Challenges we would love for you to create a birthday themed card or paper crafting project and participate in the challenge. Our sponsor is Guylou's Inimitability Digistamps and my card is made using the Monkey and Bananas image. You can never have too many birthday cards so, go ahead and make a card today. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

When it comes to color challenges sometimes the challenge is having the right colors in my stash. The colors for the current CR84FN challenge is Lavender, Peach, and Neutral. My stash has plenty of lavender but peach was proving to be a tricky color, but I finally found the perfect shade to make it work. I combined the color challenge with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and this Pastel Thinking of You Card is the end result. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Friday, September 7, 2012

Each week Halloween gets closer. This evening I came across a color challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges and there was only a little over an hour left to enter the challenge. At that point the challenge was whether I could complete a card in that time frame and post it to my blog. For those who know me, they know speed is not my strong point. I tend to be a VERY slow crafter. Thank goodness the colors were purple, orange and green because I have plenty of paper with those colors. This Trick or Treat Card is my challenge creation. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful weekend!

Good afternoon! It's time for another fun CAS-ual Friday challenge. The challenge this week is embossing. Just in case you didn't know, embossing is one of my favorite techniques. In this Embossed Leaves Card I used dry and heat embossing. I didn't use a sentiment on this card but it could be used for many different occasions. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great day!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

This week while I was looking at card blogs I came across a new sketch challenge. This Enchantment Thank You Card was made using a sketch from this weeks Feeling Sketchy challenge. I made sure to use some of my favorite Stampin' Up! patterned paper to enter The Pink Elephant challenge. Well, it's getting late, thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great night or day!

Good Morning! It's time for another challenge at Created With Love Challenges and this time it's a Christmas theme challenge including a die cut. Our sponsor this week is Delicious Doodles and my card is made with their adorable Penguin with Gift digital stamp. It's never too early to start making Christmas cards, so join in the fun and play along at Created With Love Challenges.

There are twenty days until the first day of Autumn, hooray! When I read this weeks theme challenge at The Paper Players: Leaves are Falling, I couldn't wait to play along!!! The tree stamp by Inkadinkado was calling to be used so, I took out my embossing powders and created this Autumn Greetings Card. There are five different colours of embossing powder used and a little distressing ink along the edges of the vanilla paper to blend with the background papers. Oh, how I love fall! Thanks for visiting my blog and have a great day.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

It's hard to believe that September first is here. I really don't know where August went. Nothing eventful happened and our weather here in Oklahoma was decent compared to the awful July we had. Moving onward and getting closer to the holidays, I guess it's time to start Christmas shopping! There is 114 shopping days left, just in case you wanted to know. My motto this year is to keep things simple.

Okay, enough of my rambling..... onto the card. This Simple Things Card was made using this weeks Freshly Made Sketch by Lesly Croghan. I really love the classic simplicity of this sketch. I know I will be using it again.

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A crafting enthusiast for as long as I can remember. I love all things creative especially making handmade cards. I've been married for twenty years and we live in Oklahoma. We have three adorable felines who make life interesting.